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Originally Posted by Ustwo
If it wasn't a political hit job, from a well know democrat prosecuter who has tried this crap before, I might care more.
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Yawn, Surprise surprise by that statement.
Texas Prosecutor Ronnie Earles record:
12 democratic officials, 4 republican officials.
They included himself, which he successfully convicted himself and paid the misdemeanor fine.
Other prominent Democrat prosecutions by Earle:
Winning a guilty plea for misuse of office against State Treasurer Warren G. Harding in 1982
Guilty plea on financial disclosure violations from the Texas House speaker, Gib Lewis, in 1992
This isn't just bullshit, the House Ethics panel admonished Delay already over this.
1) For trying to trade a favor for a congressman's vote on a health care bill.
2) For engaging in fund-raising activities that created the appearance of impropriety and for using his position to exert influence over a federal agency for political gain.
Considering he rules the House with an iron fist (demanding party loyalty etc.) and personally is responsible for either fundraising or awarding money to all but 4 Republicans currently in the House, those are pretty strong rebukes.